Talk:Central body

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This article lack sources. All of the information in it is incorrect. Not a single fact is true in the article for for orbiting body either. I'm nominating them for deletion.

In astrophysics, the "central" body is known as the "primary". And the "orbiting" body is known as the "secondary". [1].

It's not a "standard assumption" that an "orbiting body" has an insignificant mass relative to the primary.

It is not necessary to assume an inertial frame.

The central body is not at the focus, the barycenter is. --Norbeck (talk) 16:14, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

...Looks like it might be better as part of a glossary, or on Wiktionary... 76.66.192.73 (talk) 10:55, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]